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Servicemen at the Cheer Up Hut Milk Bar

1944, Photograph, SRG 435/3/102

Servicemen enjoying a drink at the popular Milk Bar at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut, taken 20 May 1944.

Dancing the Hokey Pokey at the Cheer Up Hut

1944, Photograph, SRG 435/3/101

Volunteers and servicemen dancing 'The Hokey Pokey' at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut, taken 20 May 1944.

Serving food at the Cheer Up Hut

1944, Photograph, SRG 435/3/100

A volunteer serving a tray of food and drink to a serviceman at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut, taken on 20 May 1944.

Sing-song in the Cheer Up Hut recreation hall

Krischock, Henry, c. 1943, Photograph, SRG 435/3/92

'An evening sing-song in the recreation hall', from back. Adelaide Cheer Up Hut.

Washing dishes at the Cheer Up Hut

1944, Photograph, SRG 435/3/81

A serviceman helping the volunteers to wash dishes in the Cheer Up Hut kitchen, Adelaide, taken on 20 May 1944.

Cheer Up Hut recreation hall

1945, Photograph, SRG 435/3/42

Servicemen and volunteers gathered in the Cheer Up Hut recreation hall, June 1945.

Servicemen at the Milk Bar, Cheer Up Hut

1945, Photograph, SRG 435/3/32

Servicemen enjoying a drink at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut . Volunteers prepare drinks behind the bar. Glass bottles of flavoured syrup are on the bench on the right.

Sun room and lending library, Cheer Up Hut

Frank Boase, c. 1943, Photograph, SRG 435/3/31

Servicemen reading and relaxing in the sun room and free lending library at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut. Photograph by Frank Boase Studio, 189 Hutt St, Adelaide, C 2119.

British Press Delegation visit to the Cheer Up Hut

Krischock, Henry, 1944, Photograph, SRG 435/3/25

'Sir Walter Latham, Mr. Neville Henderson, Mr. Storey, M.P., British Press Delegation visit Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide and show great interest in preparation of Tuesday evening meal', from back.

Christmas cakes at the Cheer Up Hut

Krischock, Henry, c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/8

Volunteers and service men with Christmas cakes donated from the country. The photograph hanging on the wall on the right side of the image is of Mrs. Alexandrina Seager, the founder of the Cheer Up Hut in 1914.

Dancing at the Cheer Up Hut

Krischock, Henry, c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/7

'The nightly dance for members and service men. Small dances are held on week nights and a big dance on Fridays from 8 to 11. Only men in uniform and members in uniform admitted', from back. Volunteers and service men taking part in an evening dance at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut.

Volunteers making leis, Cheer Up Hut

Krischock, Henry, c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/6

Volunteers making leis out of paper for a dance at the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide.

Games room, Cheer Up Hut

Krischock, Henry, c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/5

'Rest and recreation in the games room', from back. Servicemen and volunteers playing card games, talking and resting in the games room at the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide.

Friday evening sing song, Cheer Up Hut

Krischock, Henry, c. 1940, Photograph, SRG 435/3/4

'Friday evening sing song, before the dance. Community singing is one of the most popular pastimes. There are Boys from four States in this picture', from back. Volunteers and servicemen gathered at the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide for community singing on a Friday evening.

Tuesday volunteers preparing vegetables, Cheer Up Hut

c. 1942, Photograph, SRG 435/3/2

'Tuesday girls prepare vegetables. 1 bag of potatoes a day and a copperful of other vegetables are used for each meal', from back. Tuesday volunteers preparing vegetables for a meal at the Adelaide Cheer Up Hut.

An interior view of the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide, South Australia

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/120

An interior view of the Cheer up Hut, Adelaide, South Australia; the dining room is set up with tables for a function and shows the waitresses awaiting the arrival of guests.

Cheer-Up Hut, Adelaide, showing Peterborough wing

Smith, D. Darian, 1919, Photograph, B 46458

The Cheer Up Hut, neat the Adelaide Railway Station.

Cheer Up Hut Workers

c. 1916, Photograph, B 26348

Cheer Up Hut workers procession.

Presentation of chairs

c. 1945, Photograph, B 50642

A presentation of chairs thought to be for the Cheer Up Hut.

Presentation of chairs

Collyer, H. C. D., c. 1945, Photograph, B 50643

Presentation of new chairs, thought to be at the Cheer Up Hut.

A naval occasion at the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide

c. 1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/39/188

A large audience of sailors attending a naval function held at the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide; the hall is packed with sailors who are listening to an address being delivered by a senior officer from a flag decorated dais in the background.

Lady Galway attending a function at the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/15/42

Lady Galway, wife of the Governor of South Australia attending a function at the Cheer Up Hut which was established to welcome home and look after returned servicemen from World War I.

An interior view of the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide, South Australia

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/17/122

An interior view of the Cheer up Hut, Adelaide, South Australia showing some of the volunteer workers and a soldier; wood and basket work items appear in the room, possibly the handicraft of returned soldiers.

Supporters of the Cheer Up Hut in Adelaide

1918, Photograph, PRG 280/1/9/113

A group of nurses and men, some quite elderly, outside the Cheer Up Hut, Adelaide.

Smith, W. S., c. 1916, Photograph, PRG 733/87

Memorial wall in the Adelaide Cheer-up Hut with memorials to Lieutenant Eric W. Talbot Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Carew Reynell, Lieutenant Colonel Albert Miell, Major Alfred E. Cook, Captain Francis George Chabrel, Lance Corporal George Seager and Captain Sydney Raymond Hall.

Cheer Up Society volunteers

Cheer Up Society, c. 1944, Photograph, SRG 6/34/29

Formal photograph of a group of women wearing the Cheer Up Society uniform of white dress and blue veil, with a number of men in the back row. [On back of photograph] 'Cheer up Hut / Miss Kath Collison (a member 1st, 2nd world wars) / 8th from left second lower row / Charge lady Tuesday evening / meal roster & her voluntary helpers / Cheer Up Society / 1939-1946 / at times 600 men to evening meal as guests of the Society'. [In pencil, different hand] 'Mrs McLennan'.

Cheer Up Society volunteers

Cheer Up Society, c. 1946, Photograph, SRG 6/34/31

A formal photograph of a group of Cheer Up Society volunteers. [On back of photograph] 'Sunday evening session helpers / Cheer Up Hut 2nd World War / Charge ladies 2nd row 5th from left Miss Nan / Fitch - & 6th Miss Jean Kumnick 7th Miss Gwen Miller 8th Miss Jess / Goodman'.

Visit to kitchen of the Cheer Up Hut

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd., c. 1945, Photograph, SRG 6/34/23

Governor Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven visiting the kitchen at the Cheer Up Hut. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (Later Lord Gowrie) accompanied the then / President of the Cheer Up Society Brig. Price-Weir visits / the kitchen of the Cheer Up Hut World War II / Mrs D. Hay Hon Organiser Centre. At the rear Mr George McEwin / Vice President & Hon Solicitor of the Cheer Up Society. / Left Mr Dudley Mathews / a Vice President / & Mrs Reg Hyde - Friday eve charge lady World War II / (nee Katherine Berry-Smith - World War I / at Cheer Up Hut)'.

Vice-regal visit to Cheer Up Hut

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd., c. 1945, Photograph, SRG 6/34/20

The Duke of Gloucester being escorted through the dining room in the Cheer Up Hut during his visit to Adelaide in 1945. The tables are fully occupied by servicemen eating a meal. [From back of photograph] '1939-1946 / A visit to the Cheer Up Hut / World War II / Cheer Up Hut World War II / The Duke of Gloucester escorted by the then President Mr E.B. / Grandfield & the Duchess escorted by Mrs D. Hay. Hon Organiser, & / behind Mrs Hay Commander Symonds R.A.N. (later Cheer - /Up Society President) Mrs Arthur Fletcher (right rear) / Hon Secretary of the Society'.

Last night at the Cheer Up Hut

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd., c. 1946, Photograph, SRG 6/34/22

Sir Willoughby Norrie and Commander Symonds leading the official party through a guard of honour of Cheer Up volunteers on the last night of the Cheer Up Hut. [On back of photograph] 'Lady Louis Mountbatten / Sir Willoughby Norrie / Commander Symonds RAN / President C-U-S / Mr E.B. Granfield Vice pres / Mr Dudley Mathews Vice pres / Lady Norrie / Mrs D. Hay M.B.E. Hon Organised 1939-46 / The last night at the Cheer up Hut / April 1945 or 1946'.

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